Asking if there was a point was stupid of me. I meant, "what sort of constructive result can we expect from this venture?" If the point is to remind ourselves how much smarter we are than most people, then, we've accomplished that immediately and any further contributions are cruel or masturbatory.

Not that I'm condemning cruelty or masturbation. Let's just be aware of how much of a pompous circle jerk this is.

Relax man, life isnt a mission checklist. Not everything needs an immediate constructive result. No pomposity that I can detect here either, perhaps you mean hubris? No need to be that guy. I am sure we are all contrarians to a degree, but this kind of `critical` reflection is just deconstruction. I say it a lot but people are not robots!

The point would be to demonstrate decline anyway, not to crow over our smartness. I dont think this stuff is made by stupid people (well, a couple). It is evil and a symptom of bad times. Know your enemy. Also some disparate threads can reveal themselves in this way.

Asking if there was a point was stupid of me. I meant, "what sort of constructive result can we expect from this venture?" If the point is to remind ourselves how much smarter we are than most people, then, we've accomplished that immediately and any further contributions are cruel or masturbatory.

Let's just be aware of how much of a pompous circle jerk this is.

I find this kind of behavior a little more acceptable "IRL". Forum writing is premeditated.

If one doesn't have the forethought to acknowledge their written opinions and tastes are skewed (if not laughably insignificant) they might be out of touch. Shitting on the work of others - without the accompaniment of evenhanded, purposeful criticism - is unequivocally malevolent. A waste.